By Emily Wales on December 10, 2009
Exciting announcement in the Minnesota governor race!
By Emily Wales on December 8, 2009
We've heard from plenty of women who are fired up about the Stupak and Nelson amendments in the House and Senate that would deny millions of women access to safe, affordable reproductive care. And, more than anything, women seem eager to have their voices heard on an issue that's so personal.
Fortunately, we have women like Senator Barbara Mikulski (MD), the first woman EMILY's List helped elect to the Senate, making sure women's voices are heard loud and clear on the issue of reproductive rights.
By Emily Wales on December 7, 2009
We'd heard about Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson's plan to propose an amendment "as identical to Stupak as it can be," and today Nelson did just that. The measure, which would deny millions of women access to abortion services, was introduced this afternoon, and debate was underway even before it was formally proposed.
By Ellen R. Malcolm on December 7, 2009
Politics is dangerously personal for women right now.
The Washington Post featured an article earlier this week about one woman's struggle to obtain the care she needed.
By Emily Wales on December 3, 2009
We’ve bragged about Julie Hamos before—and really, how can we not? She’s been a strong progressive voice in the Illinois state legislature for over 10 years and has won dozens of awards for her work on women’s issues, the environment, and health care.
By Emily Wales on December 3, 2009
Exciting news from Capitol Hill today!
The Senate voted 61-39 to pass the women's health amendment offered by EMILY's List alum Sen. Barbara Mikulski (MD). The amendment will go further than the original proposed legislation to cover preventative care for women, including mammograms and screenings.
By Emily Wales on December 1, 2009
In the midst of anti-choice attacks in Congress, it's nice to know that the Democratic women in the Senate have our backs. Tonight, the Senate will vote on Senator Barbara Mikulski's amendment that guarantees women have access to preventive health care screenings at no cost.
By Emily Wales on December 1, 2009
The fight is far from over.
In yet another attack on women's rights, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) announced today that he is planning on introducing an amendment to the Senate health care bill that will echo the controversial language of the Stupak-Pitts amendment.
"It's as identical to Stupak as it can be," Nelson said.
That's the last thing that we wanted to hear.
By Emily Wales on November 30, 2009
We wanted you to see the latest ad from Julie Hamos. Julie is running for the open seat in IL-10. Just like her ad says, we think Julie is the right person to bring the change we need to Congress.
You can watch the ad here:
By Emily Wales on November 25, 2009
We have lots to be thankful for here at EMILY's List -- including an outstanding candidate in the Massachusetts Senate primary around the corner and a year where we celebrated sending our 80th pro-choice Democratic woman to the House.
For Thanksgiving this year, we're saying thanks for all of the pro-choice Democratic women serving as members of Congress, senators, governors, and in state and local office. And we are especially grateful to all of you who helped get them there!